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package org.opendaylight.controller.md.sal.binding.api;
import org.opendaylight.yangtools.concepts.ListenerRegistration;
import org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.NotificationListener;
/**
* Notification broker which allows clients to subscribe for and publish YANG-modeled notifications.
*
* Each YANG module which defines notifications results in a generated interface <code>{ModuleName}Listener</code>
* which handles all the notifications defined in the YANG model. Each notification type translates to
* a specific method of the form <code>on{NotificationType}</code> on the generated interface.
* The generated interface also extends the
* {@link org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.NotificationListener} interface and implementations
* are registered using {@link #registerNotificationListener(org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.binding.NotificationListener)}
* method.
*
* <h3>Dispatch Listener Example</h3>
* <p>
* Lets assume we have following YANG model:
*
* <pre>
* module example {
* ...
*
* notification start {
* ...
* }
*
* notification stop {
* ...
* }
* }
* </pre>
*
* The generated interface will be:
* {@code
* public interface ExampleListener extends NotificationListener {
* void onStart(Start notification);
* void onStop(Stop notification);
* }
* }
* The following defines an implementation of the generated interface:
* {@code
* public class MyExampleListener implements ExampleListener {
* public void onStart(Start notification) {
* // do something
* }
*
* public void onStop(Stop notification) {
* // do something
* }
* }
* }
* The implementation is registered as follows:
* {@code
* MyExampleListener listener = new MyExampleListener();
* ListenerRegistration<NotificationListener> reg = service.registerNotificationListener( listener );
* }
* The <code>onStart</code> method will be invoked when someone publishes a <code>Start</code> notification and
* the <code>onStop</code> method will be invoked when someone publishes a <code>Stop</code> notification.
*/
public interface NotificationService extends BindingService {
/**
* Registers a listener which implements a YANG-generated notification interface derived from
* {@link NotificationListener}. The listener is registered for all notifications present in
* the implemented interface.
*
* @param listener the listener implementation that will receive notifications.
* @return a {@link ListenerRegistration} instance that should be used to unregister the listener
* by invoking the {@link ListenerRegistration#close()} method when no longer needed.
*/
<T extends NotificationListener> ListenerRegistration<T> registerNotificationListener(T listener);
}